Can Smart Transportation Investments Fatten Our Wallets?

Join us on May 4, from 12 noon to 1:30 pm at St. Charles Medical Center, to hear economist Joe Cortright and transportation expert John Robert Smith will discuss how transportation investments can be targeted to bolster economic growth, create jobs, foster development and support community  health and sustainability.

Featured speakers:

Joe Cortright is President and Principal Economist for Impresa, senior policy advisor for CEOs for Cities, and chair of the Oregon Governor's Council of Economic Advisors.  Cortright has completed several influential transportation studies, including a 2007 study (http://www.impresaconsulting.com/node/42) describing the Portland region's billion dollar "green dividend" from smart growth land use policies and investments in public transportation infrastructure.

John Robert Smith is President and CEO of Reconnecting America (http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/news-center/reconnecting-america-news/) and is known for his role as an early practitioner of transit-oriented development.  As four-term Republican mayor of Meridian Mississippi (pop. 38,232) from 1993 to 2009, Smith successfully renovated Meridian's historic downtown train station, a project that helped leverage the revitalization of Meridian's downtown.

Where:

St. Charles Medical Center

Conference Center

2500 NE Neff Road

Bend, OR

on BAT bus line 5

When:

Wednesday, May 4

11:30 a.m.  1:30 p.m.

Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

Presentations will begin at 12:00 p.m.

Cost: $10.00

To register, click here.

Event Brought to you by:

With local support from:

Economic Development for Central Oregon

The Environmental Center

St. Charles Health System

Commute Options

1000 Friends of Oregon

Bend Chamber of Commerce